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DOTA2 \ elite rage quit \ nuub \ pwnt \ sc00ling \ suck a deeck
Dota 2: Thoughts 400 Hours In
It definitely needs to be said first that I, Cole Olson, have only played this game for 400 hours. That is it – 400 hours with probably around 50 alone dicking around with bots but do you know why I spent 100 hours dicking around with bots? Because I’ve heard such atrocious things about the […]
hardcore \ not French can you believe it? \ Pennsylvania \ post-hardcore \ The Teeth \ you don't know what's good
Interview with The Teeth (Not Those Indie Guys)
With all the post-hardcore and hardcore mess we tend to receive around here, it was inevitable that we at Deaf Sparrow would receive a submission from a band that was one, not French, and two, good. That would be The Teeth, whose second full-length we reviewed a few weeks ago. With a new tour coming […]
compilation \ FUCK ALL YALL HIPSTERS \ Fuck the Underground \ give me a PhD now pls \ probably awesome \ too much comp for one man or woman to withstand
Compilation Dissertation: Fuck the Underground Volume 1
New feature folks, and here it is. Sometimes we get compilations around here, and we’re always at odds with how to exactly approach a review. Do we simply go over it as any submission, picking out a few tidbits on which you may gnaw? A few stale crumbs on which you may piss? And then […]
C6 Recordings \ greatest hardcore ever made \ hardcore \ hardcore so good you'll swear off all other core \ Pollution
The Vault: Pollution – N.S. Drugs
Here it is folks, a resurrection, the first resurrection, maybe the only resurrection you’re ever going to need. A new feature we’re going to do around here is hereby called “The Vault,” but maybe we’ll change that sometime in the future. Basically, old reviews from the original site will be reposted here, if we feel they’re […]
death \ Faith No More \ hate \ I didn't hate Martin Atkins before but I think I do now \ there is no god \ why?
Fuck This: Faith No More – Tribute of the Year, Disk 2
Shortly after completing part one of “Fuck This: Tribute of the Year“, I began to feel ill. I’m not making this up. For about three weeks, I felt malaised, lethargic… unwell. I’m a productive type and I lead a very busy life. To that end, I often don’t sleep enough or eat properly, but this […]
gore grind \ Parricide \ same old grandfathery old man grind something with guts and stuff \ Squash Bowels
Squash Bowels/Parricide: Old Grindfathers and Their Grind
Ahhh, grind, probably the one genre in metal that refuses to go anywhere, it’s completely content. You see the same thing with older veins of hardcore. If you appreciate it for what it is, then hey, why not? Otherwise ‘not’ is your only option. Squash Bowels is a goregrind band from out of Poland, which […]
damn girls \ Existence Establishment \ experimental \ noise \ stuff in a mausoleum \ Verdant
Verdant: Sincerity
God the artwork on this thing… Now and then you come across an album where the artwork, or in this case photography, basically does justice to the actual sound therein. Every song on this feels like what you see, it even sounds like it in its best moments, like the inside of some old mausoleum […]